ReviewCurrent rheumatology reports2014
Use of DXA-based technology for detection and assessment of risk of vertebral fracture in rheumatology practice.
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- Incidence of fractures among patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2018Pooled it
- Opportunistic computed tomography (CT) assessment of osteoporosis in patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).Archives of osteoporosis · 2025Article
- Incidental vertebral fracture prediction using neuronal network-based automatic spine segmentation and volumetric bone mineral density extraction from routine clinical CT scans.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2023Article
- Defining disease progression in Chinese mainland people: Association between bone mineral density and knee osteoarthritis.Journal of orthopaedic translation · 2021Article
- Texture Analysis Using CT and Chemical Shift Encoding-Based Water-Fat MRI Can Improve Differentiation Between Patients With and Without Osteoporotic Vertebral Fractures.Frontiers in endocrinology · 2021Article
- Update on Imaging-Based Measurement of Bone Mineral Density and Quality.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Review
- MRI-derived bone porosity index correlates to bone composition and mechanical stiffness.Bone reports · 2019Article
- Diagnosis of osteoporotic vertebral fractures in children.Pediatric radiology · 2019Review
- Mandibular bone mineral density in patients with Behçet's disease.Therapeutics and clinical risk management · 2015Article
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Abstract
Measurement of bone mineral density (BMD) by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) is the recommended method for diagnosis of osteoporosis and assessment of future fracture risk. However, most patients who will suffer fractures do not have osteoporosis by DXA (T-score of -2.5 or less). Bone strength, which is most closely associated with resistance to fracture, is a composite of both bone density and bone quality, and the latter is not measured by DXA. Thus, other technology is needed for non-invasive and inexpensive assessment of bone strength and fracture risk. Vertebral fractures, the most common clinical fracture in the general population, are of even greater importance in rheumatoid arthritis and other rheumatic disorders. Vertebral fracture assessment (VFA) and trabecular bone scores (TBS), two techniques which can aid prediction of future fracture risk, can be used with currently available DXA machines. Description of these techniques and their potential application to clinical rheumatology practice will be the focus of this paper.
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